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This self-titled fifth album is the sound of Jim Ward both finding and re-finding himself, his heritage and future coalescing with mostly youthful ebullience.

The 11 songs that comprise the French experimental post-hardcore trio’s third album are magnified reflections of the grotesqueries of modern life and society.

Ahead of their headlining set at Austin’s Levitation Fest this weekend, Jim Reid reflects on 40 years of the Scottish band’s existence, and shares what may lie ahead.

A mix of punk, post-hardcore, grunge, and pop, the Baltimore trio’s debut is a stunning burst of influences and experiences coalescing in a swirling swathe of anger and injustice.

Eric Bachmann takes us deeper into the band’s first LP since 1998, out now via Merge.

The Massachusetts punks’ new album Dancer arrives November 4 via Pure Noise.

On her label debut, Corrinne James is still laying her vulnerabilities on the line in what sounds like the most intimate setting.

Geoff Rickly shares how the continuation of what looked like a one-off side-project allowed him to scratch an itch left untouched by the recent Thursday reunion.

This sophomore solo LP is an exhilarating ride with some moments of magic, but one that never quite reaches the inimitable heights that Dillinger Escape Plan offered.

The Circa Survive vocalist’s latest solo release sees him turn all his pained experience and existential torment into a gorgeous soundtrack to pure, distilled feeling.

There’s a real darkness holding the quiet hush of the Brooklyn-based duo’s debut full-length together, which reveals a deep pain and trauma if you pay attention.

The West Coast punks’ 1980 debut full-length stands as both an important historical document and a necessary, contemporary reflection of the world today.

This self-titled record takes The Mars Volta in the most unexpected of directions as it firmly shakes off any preconceptions of what this band is or ever was.

The fifth full-length from the Baltimore post-hardcore outfit is a beautifully bleak yet overwhelmingly comforting examination of life.

Despite being a record about feeling stuck, the Norwegian trio’s sophomore LP shimmers with an infectious freedom and inexorable vitality.

Carré Callaway’s latest is a brilliant testament to human endurance, to battling extreme adversity, to keeping going when you really don’t want to.

Ramesh Srivastava discusses self-growth, making big statements, and reviving the band after 12 years.

While this motley crew surely had no idea of the profound impact their songs would go on to have on alternative music and culture, this 1982 debut EP nevertheless sounds revolutionary, vital, important.

It’s the cumulative effect of the Austin rockers’ 11th LP that makes this album what it is: an interdimensional fever dream that reinvents the entire history of modern music.

The latest from the Cincinnati-based folk songwriter captures the extremes of the human experience, the highs and lows of being alive.